Jean H. McCreary

Articles:

Part I, which appeared in our April 2005 issue, focused on the innocent landowner defense which protects individuals who, despite conducting inquiries into the historical uses of a property, discover site contamination after acquiring the property. Part II describes EPA's proposed "all appropriate inquiry" standard and analyzes the cost and timing...

Part I focuses on the legal framework that underlies the Superfund liability structure giving rise to the need for an innocent landowner defense to protect individuals who, despite conducting appropriate inquiries into the historical uses of a property before purchasing it, discover site contamination after acquiring the property. Part I also describes the...